A DESCKIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



BIEDS IX THE ORXITHOLOGICAL EXHIBIT 



OF THE 



WEST VIEGIXIA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



BY EARLE A. BROOKS. 



3. Horned Grebe (Colymbm auritus). This specimen is an adult 

 in winter plumage. Much more beautifully colored in summer. 



Geog. Dist. Found throughout the northern hemisphere. 



W. Ya. Dist. Xot at all uncommon during migration. A fine 

 adult in full plumage was taken alive at Weston, Apr. 19, 1907. May 

 be found along any of our rivers or larger streams. Mr, T. A. Morgan 

 says, "Have killed many of them in August." (These specimens 

 taken by Mr. Morgan were found along the Great Kanawha River.) 



Xest Breeds in northern U. S. and northward. Floating nest, 

 among rushes in sloughs and ponds. 



Food Fish and other aquatic animals. 



6. Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps}. An adult bird and 

 a young bird represent this common species in the collection. By 

 means of these two specimens the student can identify the "Dab- 

 chick" with little difficulty. 



Geog. Dist. Found throughout nearly all of Xorth and South 

 America. 



W. Ya. Dist. Common on the Ohio River and along many of our 

 streams. For some time one day I watched two Pied-billed Grebes 

 busily searching for food under a bridge which crosses Bull Creek 



(NOTE : The numbers preceding the names are the numbers used in the Amer- 

 ican Ornithologists' Union's check-list, and are given here for convenience in re- 

 ferring to any standard book on birds. Few abbreviations are used. "Geog. Dist." 

 stands for the general distribution of a given species. "W. Va. Dist." stands at 

 the head of the paragraph which gives the distribution of a species in West 

 Virginia.) 



